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Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) scheme with in-sequence delivery of packets

  • US 7,310,336 B2
  • Filed: 03/19/2002
  • Issued: 12/18/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, for use in a wireless communication system using a layered protocol having a plurality of protocol layers with each layer above the lowest layer using the services of the next lower layer and having a physical layer as the lowest layer and a media access control layer using the services of the physical layer, the method comprising:

  • the media access control layer of a sending terminal assigning a respective data block sequence number to each data block in a sequence of data blocks, and the media access control layer transmitting to a peer media access control layer of a receiving terminal the data blocks and the respective sequence numbers via the physical layer;

    the peer media access control layer of the receiving terminal communicating to the media access control layer of the sending terminal an acknowledgement of each received data block in the sequence of blocks after a fixed delay from receiving the data block without providing information indicating the respective data block sequence numbers.

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